Sunday, April 28, 2013

Barry Fey

Concert promoter -- via the Denver Post.





Robert Byrne

Chess grandmaster and columnist -- via chessbase.com.

Michael France

Screenwriter -- via Deadline.

Jimmy “Fast Fingers” Dawkins

Blues guitarist -- via Spinner.





Edward de Grazia

First Amendment lawyer -- via the New York Times.

Thomas Hemsley

Baritone -- via the Guardian.


Hilary Koprowski

Virologist and immunologist -- via the New York Times.

John "Jeb" Stuart

Man of the sea -- via the Maine Sunday Telegram.

Vincent J. DeFini

Collector of Mario Lanza memorabilia -- via the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Robert Edwards

Nobel Prize-winning physiologist who made in vitro fertilization possible -- via the New York Times.

Paul Wilson

Drummer for Southern Gypsey Queen -- via Rolling Stone.



Zao Wou-ki

Painter -- via the New York Times.


Peter Reveen aka Reveen the Impossibilist

Magician -- via Inside Magic.

Mikhail Vasilyevich Beketov

Journalist -- via the New York Times.

Peter Workman

Publisher -- via the New York Times.


Friday, April 26, 2013

George Jones

One of the all-time great country crooners -- via the New York Times. Like his contemporaries -- Cash, Jennings, Haggard -- he was plagued by demons, and fought a battle with booze and drugs to a day-to-day draw in his last decade. His ability to inhabit his songs, to express the emotions and convey country's stories, was unparalleled. 14 #1 hits. 14.








Thursday, April 25, 2013

Richard Brooker

Stuntman and actor -- via dreadcentral.com. The first to wear the hockey mask as the iconic killer Jason in "Friday the 13th Part III."




Andy Johns

Sound engineer -- via the Guardian. A genius who put together many classic albums, inlcuding Zeppelin's fourth, and "Exile on Main Street." Nice.

Jean Sincere "Sinny" Zambello

Actress -- via Broadway World.


Roy Cox Jr

Bassist in the psychedelic rock band Bubble Puppy -- via caller.com.




Slawek “Mortifier” Archangielskij

Bassist for the death metal band Hate -- via metalinsider.net.


Enzo Toppano

Accordionist -- via the Daily Telegraph.

Piero de Palma

Tenor; one of the great comprimarios -- a master of supporting roles. He had about 200 at his command, and appears on more than 150 recordings. Via Opera Click.

‘Saint Mark’ Wegener

Deli owner -- via The Australian.

Phil Kilbourne

Actor -- via the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.

Robert Remini

Historian; expert on Andrew Jackson -- via the New York Times.

Jim Mees

Emmy-winning set decorator -- via the Hollywood Reporter.

Regina Bianchi

Actress -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com.

Noboru Yamaguchi

Novelist and game writer -- via Anime News Network.

Harry Johnson aka Harry J

Reggae musician and producer -- via Billboard. He is credited with producing the first reggae single, the Beltones' 1968 "No More Heartaches." He went on to help craft some of the genre's best work, including the first four Wailers albums,  "Liquidator," the successful cover of "Young, Gifted and Black," and projects with the Heptones,  the Melodians, Burning Spear, and many more.







Ho Kieng

Actor and poet -- via vietnamnet.vn.